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Viktor Frankl’s contributions to the prevention and treatment of suicidality were evaluated. A review of the literature was carried out analyzing the historical context of suicide in the city of Vienna between the First and Second World Wars and the evolution of the present theme over almost seven decades of contributions. There was a constancy about the use of meaning in life as a method of suicide prevention, corroborating the importance of the topic in psychological treatment.
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For reasons of confidentiality, the name and other personal information have been changed; the study was authorized by the Ethics Board of the University of São Paulo. Approval by the Ethics Committee under opinion No. 051165/2020 and CAAE: 32288820.6.0000.5561
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Santos, É.S., Antúnez, A.E.A. (2024). Suicide Prevention in the Work of Viktor Frankl. In: McLafferty, Jr., C.L., Levinson, J. (eds) Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Logotherapy and Existential Analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48922-8_12
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